Avian Image of the Week for the week ending Mar. 7th, 2014: David Salem - "Touch Down"
Congratulations David!
This is the female Kestrel that we fondly call lady Kestrel. She was a bird that after a period of time let me get close to her as she feed in a small field for more than two months. She was there like clockwork every evening and enabled me and my friend Glenn to get some great shots of her in lots of different poses and with many different prey items. She left the spot a few months ago and I have only seen her back there one time for a few minutes. The hunting conditions changed and she is off to greener pastures. I hope too see her back there again. Here she has just missed catching an insect and is coming back to the perch as I caught her touching down. As you can see, she is feather perfect.
1DMkIV---700mm---f7.1---ss1/3200---ISO640---HH from truck@ 3:45pm---30% crop
Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.